diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/codegen/AnnotationCodegen.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/codegen/AnnotationCodegen.kt
index 4e4ee1fb36c..85f877110ac 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/codegen/AnnotationCodegen.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/codegen/AnnotationCodegen.kt
@@ -33,19 +33,17 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.annotations.KotlinTarget
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.expressions.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.types.*
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.types.impl.originalKotlinType
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.*
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.kotlin.FileBasedKotlinClass
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.kotlin.KotlinJvmBinarySourceElement
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.FqName
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.Name
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.checkers.ExpectedActualDeclarationChecker
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.serialization.deserialization.descriptors.DeserializedClassDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.synthetic.isVisibleOutside
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.TypeSystemCommonBackendContext
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.isNullabilityFlexible
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.model.KotlinTypeMarker
-import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.*
+import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.AnnotationVisitor
+import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.Type
+import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.TypePath
 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy
 
 abstract class AnnotationCodegen(
@@ -139,8 +137,14 @@ abstract class AnnotationCodegen(
 
         val type = when (declaration) {
             is IrFunction -> declaration.returnType
-            is IrField -> declaration.type
             is IrValueDeclaration -> declaration.type
+            is IrField ->
+                if (declaration.correspondingPropertySymbol?.owner?.isLateinit == true) {
+                    // Lateinit fields are nullable, but should be marked as NotNull to match the JVM backend.
+                    declaration.type.makeNotNull()
+                } else {
+                    declaration.type
+                }
             else -> return
         }
 
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeListing/lateInitNotNull.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeListing/lateInitNotNull.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1fdef1fd787
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeListing/lateInitNotNull.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// Test to ensure that we mark the backing field of a lateinit property
+// as NotNull, even though the field is nullable in the JVM IR backend.
+class A {
+    lateinit var x: A
+}
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeListing/lateInitNotNull.txt b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeListing/lateInitNotNull.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..630374a13a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeListing/lateInitNotNull.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+@kotlin.Metadata
+public final class A {
+    public @org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull field x: A
+    public method <init>(): void
+    public final @org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull method getX(): A
+    public final method setX(@org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull p0: A): void
+}
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BytecodeListingTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BytecodeListingTestGenerated.java
index 6dbe086f617..cebfa826cf6 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BytecodeListingTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BytecodeListingTestGenerated.java
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ public class BytecodeListingTestGenerated extends AbstractBytecodeListingTest {
         runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeListing/jvmStaticWithDefaultParameters.kt");
     }
 
+    @TestMetadata("lateInitNotNull.kt")
+    public void testLateInitNotNull() throws Exception {
+        runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeListing/lateInitNotNull.kt");
+    }
+
     @TestMetadata("noCollectionStubMethodsInInterface.kt")
     public void testNoCollectionStubMethodsInInterface() throws Exception {
         runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeListing/noCollectionStubMethodsInInterface.kt");
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBytecodeListingTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBytecodeListingTestGenerated.java
index 115d9edd9bc..9e8fcbe7642 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBytecodeListingTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBytecodeListingTestGenerated.java
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ public class IrBytecodeListingTestGenerated extends AbstractIrBytecodeListingTes
         runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeListing/jvmStaticWithDefaultParameters.kt");
     }
 
+    @TestMetadata("lateInitNotNull.kt")
+    public void testLateInitNotNull() throws Exception {
+        runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeListing/lateInitNotNull.kt");
+    }
+
     @TestMetadata("noCollectionStubMethodsInInterface.kt")
     public void testNoCollectionStubMethodsInInterface() throws Exception {
         runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeListing/noCollectionStubMethodsInInterface.kt");